Chapter 183: No Rules.
Hao Ren sat in the bar, he communicated in the native language of the Stag Nation and not the Han Nation language. In this past few months, he learned many things and languages were one of them. Xiao Mei was his life coach and she would often poke him saying how Han Lingshi was so capable that she would deal with international clients without any external help.
Hao Ren also wanted this, and so, he learned. A few minutes later, his order was served on the counter. As he was eating he looked the the waitress before he asked, "Excuse me, is your mother's name Diane Murphy?"
The waitress was surprised and nodded. Hao Ren revealed a pleasant expression, and said, "I did not expect to meet you as soon as I came to this place. How is Diane? I lost touch with her when I moved to Han Nation."
The girl frowned and said, "My mother passed away seven months ago."
Hao Ren opened his eyes wide and the fork in his hands dropped on the ground with a clank. His shoulders shivered and his eyes glistened as he asked in a shivering voice, "Diane died? How? What happened to her?"
Xiao Mei had already filled him up with the details while he was waiting for the meal. Combined with his acting, the young girl was shocked to see, she replied, "She had an accident on her way home."
Hao Ren clenched his fists and his sorrow turned into rage as he said, "An accident that can kill someone in this city? Does the Rose Family think we are fools? Motherfuckers, first that bastard Damon broke Diane's heart and abandoned you two, and now this. This bunch of bastards, don't worry, I will make them pay."
His words confused the young lady. She asked, "What are you rambling about?"
Hao Ren replied with a sigh and said, "You don't know what is even know your real name."
The girl furrowed her brows and asked, "What do you even mean by that? How can I not know my real name? Also, who are you to say all this? How can I believe that you even knew my mother?"
Hao Ren said, "I will show you the proof, give me a second."
He took out his phone, and typed, "Xiao Mei, synthesis pictures of me and Diane Murphy, be quick."
Xiao Mei replied, "Thirty seconds."
Hao Ren looked at the girl before him and said, "I will give you the proof but before I do that, tell me one thing. If I could prove that your mother's untimely demise was actually foul play, would you agree to avenge her?"
He voice was calm but it resonated deep within the soul of the young lady. She nodded and said, "I will."
Hao Ren nodded, in this brief moment, Xiao Mei had synthesized a few pictures, where the young man appeared to be friends with Diane Murphy. He placed the phone on the counter for the young lady to see.
She was swiping through, when a video popped up, where Diane and Hao Ren were playing beer pong. Hao Ren did not know what was Xiao Mei thinking, but he did not say anything against it at the moment.
He sighed and shook his head as he said, "Diane was a dear friend who stood by me when I was trying to figure things out. We had been in touch for only a brief period but those days really changed my life. I am getting married and just came over to invite her."
The girl raised her head and replied, "I don't know what to say. I am sorry, I had no idea that she could mean so much to someone."
Hao Ren shook his head and asked, "Did she ever tell you about Damon?"
The girl shook her head and Hao Ren looked around before asking, "Can we go for a walk?"
The girl was startled and said, "I have to start working or Peter will dock my pay."
Hao Ren waved his hand saying, "Consider this job sorted, what I want to discuss with you will change your life. You would have a life better than what you could have ever imagined."
The girl frowned and Hao Ren sighed as he fished out a picture of Damon Rose and said, "Compare your eye brows and chin with this picture and you will know. Also, I apologize, I have forgotten about it earlier, my name is Hao Ren."
He extended his hand and the young lady shook it gently as she said, "I am Eden."
Then Hao Ren began to guide her through the knowledge of inherited features. While in another city, Night was fuming. He had just came back from the airport where he almost got arrested because he wanted to travel to the Han Nation on an expired passport.
Even the Rose Family did not wish to break laws so blatantly, and they assured him of arranging the new passport and sort out all the formalities within twenty four hours.
Night snorted at them and even called the Rose family incompetent.
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Hao Ren and Eden were walking on the sidewalk and the young man asked, "What do you know about your father?"
Eden replied, "Mom told me that he left us, and that was it. She never said anything more than that."
Hao Ren nodded and after a thought he said, "Your father died a two days ago."
He carefully observed the change in expressions of the young lady but he found nothing. She was unaffected and just nodded in response. Hao Ren continued, "His name was Damon Rose, the Heir Apparent of the tycoon of the Stag Nation's Rose Family."
Eden froze in her steps and looked at Hao Ren with her eyes wide open. Hao Ren nodded and continued speaking in the soft voice, "He abandoned your mother because if he was very young at that time and his family would not allow him to marry her. So, he abandoned her after leaving behind some money.
However, Diane knew about his identity, and tried to contact him, but Damon did not listen. He broke Diane's heart when he refused to acknowledge that you were his child. From that day on, Diane had been trying to gather some material that could help you gain what was rightfully yours.
I know she was no saint, but she loved you. She wanted you to have a life that belonged to you. If you trust me, I can tell you what really happened to her, because given the laws and the discipline, people don't drive fast enough to kill someone in this country at least."
Eden was shivering and her eyes were glistened with tears. She asked, "Do you mean that my mother was killed?"
Hao Ren nodded as he asked, "What else could be the reason for the police to not arrest the car driver who hit her?"
Eden was shocked, now that she thought about it, it seemed to make sense, and she asked, "Why didn't they kill me?"
Hao Ren replied, "The Rose family does not take any action without benefits. You have the blood of the Rose family coursing through your veins. You are young and you are beautiful. You are the perfect person for a marital transaction in the future, no?"
Eden was just in her late teens, but she had been working for a long time and had the street smart so she knew what Hao Ren said was true. The Rose family was famous for being rich and they saw everything as a transaction.
She looked at Hao Ren and said, "I will wait for you to bring me the proof tomorrow. I will not let these people walk away after killing my mother."
Diane was no saint just as Hao Ren said, however, she had never wronged Eden, and even supported her with all that she had. Maybe she did it for selfish reasons but Eden saw this as love, and that was all that matters.
Hao Ren told her to stay home for the entire day, exchanged his phone number and then left after dropping her home. He was going to do two things, one was to kill Night, and the second was to come up with the proof of relation between Eden and the Rose.
Then he will handle the Rose family. He got in his car and said, "Xiao Mei, book an appointment with the tailors, I want to get a tuxedo stitched for the reception, and give me the details of where Night is."
Xiao Mei replied, "Alright boss."
The game began and Hao Ren broke the rules, he did not allow his enemies to have a chance to strike, as he was going to put them through the blitzkrieg.
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After an hour, Hao Ren found himself standing before the apartment building where Night lived. He was wearing a black hoodie under a black leather jacket, and black jeans with black sport shoes.
He pulled up his hoodie and used his Yin and Yang eyes to observe the situation remotely. Then he raised his eyebrow as he said, "Well, this guy will be tricky to deal with. But fine, whatever it is."
That said, he walked across the road and entered the alley beside the building to meet with his enemy.